It seems our respective presidential candidates miss the most important message about the economy: The people for which it serves. Obama offers quasi-socialist policy; bleed the rich to support the poor and middle class, it’s a classic and failed Democratic answer. McCain suffers from tax cut tourette syndrome, sure it’s a fine remedy but it only eases the pain before death. You have to go | Read More »

The recent killing of three members of the Bologna family in San Francisco, allegedly by an illegal Salvadoran immigrant who had been shielded from deportation on at least one occasion has now become the tarnished example of what happens when cities choose not to enforce the law: Law abiding citizens pay the price. Here’s some background, and some thoughts. http://newt.org/tabid/193/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3605/Default.aspx “As Newt notes in the | Read More »

Wonder what the unionized labor of the State Michigan Government thinks of the anouncement yesterday by Govenor Granholm. She stated she is proposing taking from the state pensions to stimulate economic growth in the Detroit area. Will that make the democratic union leadership take notice. Oh that’s right they want to take away secret ballots so your quess is as good as mine.

Driving around the suburbs of New York City gas is very expensive, the price of gas at 4.25 a gallon doesn’t catch many New Yorkers eyes as it would say in Maryland or North Carolina.( where on a recent vacation I saw gas as cheap as 3.62) The high prices are starting to have an affect on how people view driving. For example my mom | Read More »

On the Bill O’Reilly Show tonight, there was a segment on Rep. Robert Wexler (D-[allegedly] 19). Wexler’s Republican opponent Edward Lynch did some research and discovered the Democrat is fulfilling his residency requirement by residing at his mother-in-law’s home, one in what The Palm Beach Post describes as a “55-and-older-community.” His wife and children live in Rockville, MD. where the kids attend a Jewish Day | Read More »

I believe limiting the amount of money government can legally spend to an amount no greater than that which it takes in would be one of the greatest, most meaningful achievements of this generation. I also believe that the most effective – and most permanent – way to do this is by amending the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced budget. My name is Alan | Read More »

In the span of over 120 years similar issues continue to vex the peoples representatives elected to office. Witness the the current situation of government attempts/programs to provide/throw money at specific issues and compare this to the past. I think most agree that throwing money at a problem is not conducive to solving the problem itself. This is not intended to be an unsympathetic view | Read More »

Last night, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed a second reading of a bill entitled: “AN ACT to improve Drought preparedness and response in North Carolina, as recommended by the Environmental review commission.” Like all legislation, the devil is in the details. The legislation sounds like a good thing until you read what is actually in the thing. Here is just a smattering of | Read More »

I write this on the news that most of you most likely know a portion of. Today our world lost two men who personified class, former White House Press Secretary Tony Snow and Yankee Legend Bobby Murcer. From what I’ve seen Tony was a true class act, never one to talk down to a reporter or to make himself the center of the story, he | Read More »

Welcome to RedState 3.0. It’s been a long time coming. As we get under way on this first Monday after launch, we’re going to have a number of guest posters throughout the week, helping us celebrate both the start of our fifth year and our new site. We wanted this to be our first post on the first Monday, a reminder of what we believe | Read More »

Update: 9:40am EDT, 14Jul08: Overseas markets reacted well to the Paulson “we have a plan” statement. Asian markets ended lower on regional concerns while Euro markets are somewhat higher. The US stock market has opened up over 100 points, while the US Treasury market is only slightly lower. FNM and FRE stock were both up about 20% in pre-market trading, while their bonds, swaps, and | Read More »